Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

GDPs, Gold, Silver and double dips- June's the month! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Richard_Hartley

Undeniably there has been some GDP growth but as Ben Bernanke said yesterday at what point does Quantitative Easing stop making sense. The truth is that the payback in jobs is the monitor he is using

Thursday, April 28, 2011

U.S. Dollar, Gold and SP500 Trend Analysis Report / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Chris_Vermeulen

The dollar continues to control the equities and commodities market with its inverse relationship to them. The past couple years it seems that the dollar does what it wants and the all other investments move according to their relationship with rising or falling dollar prices.
Most of you know that I follow the dollar very closely. And each morning I provide my analysis with what I feel will take place throughout the session or next 48 hours.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Bernanke Speaks... Says Little..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Jack_Steiman

And that's how you know he did a great job. He wanted to say as little as possible because it was in his best interest to keep things just as they are right now. He wants to keep the stock market humming along. Don't disrupt what isn't broken because it's a healthy stock market that makes him look good. A healthy market means a healthier than thought possible Main Street. Main Street would be a ghost town if it weren't for his monetary policy of pump, pump, and pump some more. Pumping dollars that is. He told us at 12:15 Eastern Time that things will remain status quo. No real changes. Monetary policy will remain favorable. Rate hikes are not in the immediate future.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

To QE3 or not QE3? That is the Question / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing

By: PhilStockWorld

QE3 or not QE3?  
That is the question.  Whether 'tis stupider in the US to erode its buying power with outrageous inflation or to take loans from overseas nations and, by defaulting, to end them?  Ben lies: we're sheep; No more; and by being sheep we suffer the heart-ache and the thousand pricing shocks unmeasured by the CPI, 'tis a consumer tax, despite what you had wish'd. Ben lies; we're sheep: living a dying dream: Aye, there's the rub; when fleecing sheep what jobs may come when we have scuttled all their buying power?

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Stock Market Buyers bid in anticipation of FOMC statement... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Mark_McMillan

Buying programs were launched in anticipation of a benign FOMC statement on Wednesday...

Recommendation: Take no action.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

How to Use Capital Flows to Turn the Economy's Job Losses Into Portfolio Gains / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Money_Morning

Shah Gilani, writes: Even though the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.8% in March from 10.1% at the height of the Great Recession, sidelined investors are still waiting for better news.

But what they don't realize is that it's a mistake to wait. Instead, what they should be doing is using so-called "capital flows," or the global trends that dictate the flow of investment dollars, to find new profit opportunities.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Stocks, U.S. Dollar, and VIX Not Anticipating Negative Reaction to Fed QE Meeting / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Chris_Ciovacco

Experience tells us the best approach to this week’s Fed trifecta (meeting, statement, and press conference) is (a) to be patient, (b) wait for the news to come out, (c) monitor the market’s reaction, and (d) make any adjustments to our allocation if needed. From a contingency planning perspective, it is helpful to study the markets for clues that may foreshadow the reaction to Wednesday’s Fed statement and press briefing.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Stock Market, Is It 1994 Again? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Fred_Sheehan

There are several similarities between current trends and those in 1994, a year when many institutions were left destitute. Historical analogies can help us imagine what might happen, but identification of differences should be noted too.

The greatest dissimilarity is probably the structure of markets. There was some official (government-sponsored) interference in 1994, the most obvious being the Federal Reserve's authorized pegging of interest rates. There was, however, no comparison to the government's merrymaking in 2011.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Stocks Stealth Bull Market Still Dragging Stocks Higher / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Money_Morning

Jon D. Markman writes: The bull market in stocks may be getting long in the tooth, but it's still intact. That was evidenced by strong earnings and rising valuations last week.

Stocks finished an uplifting week on Wall Street on Thursday by gapping higher after earnings reports from industrial heavyweights as diverse as Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Honeywell (HON) showed that companies have used the slowdown in the economy to become more efficient -- earning incrementally more income on incrementally less revenue.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Phill Davis on QE, POMO and Hyperinflation / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: PhilStockWorld

John Nyaradi: Philip R. Davis is an options trading expert and founder of Phil’s Stock World, a stock and options trading site that teaches the art of options trading to newcomers and advanced trading strategies for expert traders. His articles and references have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Google Finance, Business Week, CNN Money.com, Trader Planet, and iStockAnalyst.

Phil is also a marketing partner of Wall Street Sector Selector, and at the end of this interview, I’ll tell you about how you can advantage of a special offer from Phil’s Stock World.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Stock Market Ready for a Minor Pullback Before Going Higher / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Andre_Gratian

Very Long-term trend – The continuing strength in the indices is causing me to question whether we are in a secular bear market or two consecutive bull/bear cycles.  In any case, the very-long-term cycles are down and, if they make their lows when expected, there will be another steep and prolonged decline into 2014-15.

Long-term trend - In March 2009, the SPX began a move which evolved in a bull market.  Cycles point to a continuation of this trend for several more months.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Welcome to Financial Slaughterhouse / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2011

By: Ashvin_Pandurangi

"There are no characters in this story and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces."– Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Japan versus USA: Same Economic Depression with a Lag / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Adam_Brochert

Charts speak more eloquently than I can and they speak a brutal truth. Perhaps it is my scientific background or perhaps I appreciate the art that can be found in price charts. In either case, I prefer the message of charts to CNBC blowhards and other so-called experts.

Anyone who currently has excess savings they want to invest is in the minority of the world's population. They are also likely "rich" and "evil" according to populist sentiment. In any case, these aren't the best of times for advanced/Western economies.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

What the Baltic Dry Index May be Telling Us / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Tim_Wood

Just as with the stock market, I've maintained that the advance seen since the early 2009 lows, in other asset classes, are also counter-trend moves. This view has not changed and based on my research I believe that once these counter-trend bounces have run their course, the longer-term secular bear will again reassert himself. In doing so, I look for all asset classes to decline in conjunction with the phase II decline of the ongoing secular bear market, which I believe is similar to the 1966 to 1974 secular bear market.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Global Stocks Bull Market / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets

By: Tony_Caldaro

Wild week for most equity markets worldwide. Entering monday’s US opening foreign markets were lower, and then made a bigger drop when S&P downgraded US debt to negative watch. No comment. The US market gapped down at the opening to new pullback lows. By 11:00, however, the selling was over and the market rallied into the end of the week. For the week the SPX/DOW were +1.3%, and the NDX/NAZ were +2.3%. Asian markets gained 0.6%, European markets added 0.7%, the Commodity equity group rose 0.8%, and the DJ World index rallied 1.7%. Bonds were +0.1%, Crude gained 2.1%, Gold made new all time highs +1.2%, and the USD lost 1.1%.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Fed QE Money Printing and the Stock Market SPX Index / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Zeal_LLC

In just a couple months, the US Federal Reserve’s second quantitative-easing campaign will wind down.  This program has been highly controversial since its birth, so the Fed is under tremendous pressure not to launch a third round of QE.  And if QE2 indeed ends on schedule this quarter, it has major implications for the US stock markets.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Investor Opportunities and Peril in the Gold-Food-Oil-QE Connection / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: DeepCaster_LLC

“Things are certainly speeding up, and it is my conclusion that we are not more than a year away from the next major financial and economic disruption…

In order for the financial system to operate, it needs continual debt expansion and servicing. Both are important. If either is missing, then catastrophe can strike at any time…

Friday, April 22, 2011

Emerging Stock Markets Forecast, Which Ones to Hold, Buy or Sell / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets

By: Money_Morning

Martin Hutchinson writes: Late last year, as part of Money Morning's "Outlook 2011" economic-forecast series, I suggested investing in emerging markets that were relatively cheaply priced, and whose economies seem poised to do well in 2011.

My favorite recommendation, Chile, gave a mediocre performance, down 3.2% on the year.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Will S&P500 Stocks Index, Silver, Gold, and Crude Oil Breakout Higher? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: J_W_Jones

The price action in the financial markets this week has added to the continued confusion about where equity prices are headed. Precious metals and oil prices have been working higher for quite some time, but equity prices have been rather range bound now for over a month. Currently, the SPX looks poised to test the recent highs after selling off harshly this past Monday.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Stock Market Too Many Similarities to a Year Ago! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Sy_Harding

Exactly a year ago today the stock market was celebrating first-quarter earnings reports, reaching for new highs, after recovering from a stumble in February on concerns about situations outside the U.S., notably rising inflation in Asia and the debt crisis in Europe.